Marc Blucas
Marc Blucas was born in Butler, Pennsylvania, United States on January 11th, 1972 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 52, Marc Blucas biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Marcus Paul Blucas (born January 11, 1972) is an American actor known for his role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Matthew Donnelly in Necessary Roughness, and more recently, abolitionist John Hawkes in Underground.
He was known for playing college basketball with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons before his acting career.
Early life
Marcus Paul Blucas was born in Butler, Pennsylvania, two years after his sister, Kristen, was born on January 11, 1972. Walter Joseph Blucas and Mary Catherine (née Gordon), both children, married on January 10, 1970, just after they graduated in education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). They are divorced. "A self-confessed square with high marks," Blucas said, "assembling his father, a talented sportsman." Wally, the quarterback of the undefeated 1968 Big Indians team, competed in the Boardwalk Bowl, and was inducted into the IUP Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999. In 1974, the family moved to Girard, Pennsylvania, where Blucas' father rose from teacher to school principal, then Superintendent of Schools for the District. In the process of earning all-state recognition and a sports scholarship to Wake Forest University, Blucas emerged as the star of the Girard High School basketball team, leading them to the Pennsylvania Boys AA State Championship. He competed for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team and graduated in 1994 after one season playing on the same court as Tim Duncan. He was also a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.
Blucas' failure to make it to the NBA, he moved to England, where he competed for a year with the Manchester Giants (1975-2001). He later decided to become a lawyer but later changed his mind and went into acting instead.
Personal life
Blucas married journalist Ryan Haddon, daughter of Dayle Haddon; they have two children; and actor Christian Slater, who was also a stepfather to her two children from her first marriage to actress Christian Slater.
Career
In 1995, Blucas' first television appearance was in the film Inflammable. He has worked in television and film from there. In Gary Ross' Pleasantville (1998), he appeared as the Basketball Hero. In 1999, Blucas appeared in Buffy the Vampire Slayer for the first time. Blucass was certain he had blown his audition and had to apologize for wasting Joss Whedon's time. Whedon wanted him to audition again, and he was accepted two weeks later. He was Buffy's love affair until 2000.
After Blucas' departure from the series, he went on to appear in such films as Summer Catch (2001), We Were Soldiers (2004), with Mel Gibson and Chris Klein, and First Daughter (2004) with Katie Holmes. Michael Macone, a Cape League baseball player, was based on his character in Summer Catch.
Blucas first appeared in films like Thr3e and The Killing Floor in 2007.
Blucas appeared on ABC television drama pilot True Blue in February 2010.
Matthew Donnelly appeared on the first two seasons of USA Network's Necessary Roughness. The series premiered on June 29, 2011.